HPE OneView vs LiveAction LiveNX comparison

Hewlett Packard Enterprise and BlueCat are both solutions in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category. Hewlett Packard Enterprise is ranked #20 with an average rating of 8.2, while BlueCat is ranked #48 with an average rating of 7.0. Hewlett Packard Enterprise holds a 1.4% mindshare in IM, compared to BlueCat’s 0.4% mindshare. Additionally, 93% of Hewlett Packard Enterprise users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 77% of BlueCat users who would recommend it.

HPE OneView

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93% willing to recommend

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77% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 9, 2024

LiveAction LiveNX and HPE OneView are competing in the network management domain. HPE OneView may have the upper hand due to its comprehensive infrastructure management solutions, despite LiveNX's more favorable pricing and support options.

Features:LiveAction LiveNX offers deep network performance analytics, visualization tools, and aids in troubleshooting and optimizing network performance. HPE OneView provides infrastructure automation, streamlines resource provisioning, and manages configuration efficiently. OneView's broader infrastructure management focus contrasts with LiveNX's network-centric analytics.

Room for Improvement:LiveNX could enhance its infrastructure management capabilities, integrate more automation for resource provisioning, and expand its configuration management features. HPE OneView might improve its analytics depth, offer enhanced visualization tools, and provide a more intuitive network performance optimization process.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service:LiveAction LiveNX has a straightforward deployment process and responsive customer support for technical queries. HPE OneView offers an automated deployment using existing infrastructure but may not meet expectations in customer service as efficiently as LiveNX.

Pricing and ROI:LiveAction LiveNX's competitive pricing structure leads to quicker ROI for smaller enterprises focused on network analytics. Although HPE OneView is high in cost, its extensive capabilities and long-term benefits justify the investment for organizations needing comprehensive infrastructure management.

To learn more, read our detailed HPE OneView vs. LiveAction LiveNX Report (Updated: April 2025).

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HPE OneView vs. LiveAction LiveNX

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

HPE OneView

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

20th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

LiveAction LiveNX

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

48th

Average Rating

6.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Network Monitoring Software (49th)

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category, the mindshare of HPE OneView is 1.4%, down from 1.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of LiveAction LiveNX is 0.4%, down from 0.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

IT Infrastructure Monitoring

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Trevor Watkins

Server Applications Senior Administrator at Home Hardware Stores Limited

Provides firmware compliance and the ability to connect to iPO

I've been involved in various upgrades. It's pretty easy to set up with vCenter. We just push out an appliance template in vCenter. We run ours on virtual servers. Deployment can be done by just one person. The number of people needed for maintenance will depend on your server inventory. If you have more than 100 servers, you will need three to five people. If you have 500 to 1,000 servers, you will need a team of 10 to 20 people.

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Mahesh Doshi

IT at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees

Very good reporting and alerting abilities but inadequate enhancement support

Before choosing the solution, it is important to rank your requirements from high to low priority. The solution has a lot of features but at a high price. If you will only use 30% of the solution to meet your requirements, then it would be better for you to explore other products. Find the solution that best fulfills your requirements. The solution itself is great. If I could use it properly, then I would rate it a seven out of ten. Unfortunately, support is a factor when determining usability or cost effectiveness. We did not receive the needed support so had to stop using the solution. For that reason, my overall rating for the solution is a five out of ten.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The template management makes the deployment of the firmware updates much faster."

"The hypervisor and cluster profiles make it easy to integrate with VMware."

"Administration-wise it's going to be easier. More smooth and more flexible."

"OneView provides a single console, which is manageable without physical access."

"The solution's technical support was great...The initial setup of HPE OneView was easy."

"We could literally swap out a piece of hardware, slide one back into the chassis, and immediately - about three reboots later - it was identical. We didn't have to worry about configuring it, we didn't have to spend any time getting anything into place. It came back and it healed the environment almost immediately."

"Easy to add servers and get them monitored and manageable."

"Gives us one platform to monitor and access or configure all the servers or the 3PAR, etc."

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"Its analytical capability is really good."

"The alerting feature is very good because it allows you to set MOS alerts at various network junctures or data points."

"The product has a very good graphical interface."

"All in all, LiveAction LiveNX has become an indispensable tool for maintaining and improving our network's reliability and performance, ultimately supporting our organization's goal of providing timely and dependable delivery services."

"We don't have any complaints about the software. According to my team, it's a very good tool that's very intuitive."

"One of the valuable features is the ability to create CLI scripts on the fly to fix any issues. We were using it for QoS modeling to ensure that we were properly modeling QoS, and it basically said here is what you need to fix to get this QoS done, whether it is ACL or something else. It would either push or recommend. If you have the right credentials, you could also push. It is very good if you are a Cisco shop. It gives you reporting, latency, and bandwidth utilization for your applications, so you can do good capacity management planning. There are a lot of pieces that LiveNX can give you. It is a total NPM solution for SD-WAN."

"The intention and the idea of the filter is great."

"We provide a tool for our customers to manage their reports. It's an extremely highly featured platform capable of producing a lot of data. We spent quite a long time working with customers and LiveAction to create template reports, and they're very good and configurable. You get a lot of data if you don't configure them."

Cons

"We have a version 3 and a version 1.2, but the upgrade process from the 1.2 to the 3 is kind of an issue."

"It's a little slow sometimes. Overall, I think it does what it's supposed to do. I think that as they evolve it, it'll get quicker."

"The speed and performance of the solution are areas where the product lacks and needs improvement."

"It would be better if we can add every HPE device to OneView, such as MSA, as well as the other servers like the DL server and ML server."

"The interface is a bit bland. It does its job, but it could have a better interface."

"We've had a few issues. We just upgraded to the 3.9.0 version. We think that now that we are on that version, hopefully a lot of those things are going to go away for us."

"HPE OneView should be able to cover more device models apart from ProLiant and Synergy."

"They can improve reporting and provide more customized reports. Currently, reporting is a bit limited. It can be complex to learn and manage for beginners. Because of my experience, I find it comfortable to manage, which might not be the case with beginners. It would be good if they can make it a little bit easier to understand. They can provide a more graphical view of connectivity and other things. Their technical support can also be improved."

More HPE OneView cons

"The tool crashes sometimes when we try to pull reports simultaneously."

"This is a horrible solution and I think everything needs to be improved."

"Sometimes the solution does not register devices properly and that is a bug."

"The only downside to this software is the price."

"The product is weak in multi-tenancy. We have to install multiple instances of LiveAction, whereas we would like to build it once for our customers."

"They need to create a more simplified UI."

"It is not as robust as other NPM solutions. For instance, there is a problem while labeling specific applications. It works well with well-known applications, but when you have to put in new applications that are not very known and set them up with names, ports, URLs, or some protocols, it is not as intuitive."

"Improved documentation and more responsive customer support can help in addressing issues faster."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is free to use, but if you want the management aspect you require a virtual machine such as C7000 or Synergy which require licenses."

"I feel the product's price falls a bit on the higher side."

"This license cost for OneView was $3,000 USD."

"I would rate the cost as six out of ten."

"HPE could lower the price."

"When it comes to the government, money is never an issue, so it was excellent in terms of the HPE OneView licensing cost. Hitachi was cheaper, but I'd rate HPE OneView cost-wise as eight out of ten."

"I think that the price of OneView is $500 USD per server, which is a little high."

"HPE had some other solutions, but they were actually quite expensive to buy. So, when OneView came along, it was kind of reasonable in terms of price for licenses, etc."

More HPE OneView pricing and cost advice

"We use the free version."

"The solution is fairly expensive compared to other products."

"It's very expensive."

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Computer Software Company

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Financial Services Firm

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about HPE OneView?

The most valuable features of HPE OneView are environment monitoring, the ease of firmware upgrade, and the ability to manage all the servers and the infrastructure from one team.

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What needs improvement with HPE OneView?

I believe the prices of HPE OneView should be reduced, as it is quite expensive. Customers with ILO advanced in their servers require HPE OneView licenses for infrastructure monitoring, which means...

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What is your primary use case for HPE OneView?

I use HPE OneView ( /products/hpe-oneview-reviews ) in servers or storage for unified monitoring purposes. It allows me to manage the Synergy frame and multiple frames, including blade servers, in ...

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What do you like most about LiveAction LiveNX?

The product has a very good graphical interface.

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What needs improvement with LiveAction LiveNX?

The product is weak in multi-tenancy. We have to install multiple instances of LiveAction, whereas we would like to build it once for our customers. Most of these analytical packages have the same ...

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What is your primary use case for LiveAction LiveNX?

Primarily, we use the product for monitoring the standard utilization of circuits. The tool has the incredible ability to provide granular details about the traffic passing through an interface on ...

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Overview

HPE OneView is your infrastructure automation engine to simplify operations, increasing the speed of IT delivery for new applications and services. Through software defined intelligence, HPE OneView brings a new level of automation to infrastructure management by taking a template driven approach to provisioning, updating, and integrating compute, storage, and networking infrastructure. Designed with a modern, standard-based API and supported by a large and growing partner ecosystem, HPE OneView also makes it easy to integrate powerful infrastructure automation into existing IT tools and processes. Take command with HPE OneView to deploy infrastructure faster, simplify operations and increase productivity.

HPE OneView innovations provide you the industry’s best infrastructure management experience, simplifying operations for HPE BladeSystem, HPE ProLiant servers, 3PAR storage, HPE Networking and HPE ConvergedSystems.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

LiveAction develops IT visibility solutions designed to simplify network management. Initially developed to aid the US Department of Defense in the operation of its networks, LiveNX (Network Experience) features an innovative visual display, real-time big data analytics and deep control of routers and switches for unparalleled network administration. LiveNX accelerates troubleshooting with its QoS control, application-aware, and WAN functionality developed through engineering partnerships with Cisco Systems.

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Sample Customers

Asante, ITS Nordics, Columbus Communications, Mansfield Oil

Tampa Electric, Digital First Media, Allscripts, Boxwood Technology

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